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Brendan's 101 Gallery is featuring Elena McCoy, a London-born, New York-raised artist, designer and mother who studied fine arts and fashion design. Her love for art and design is in her blood. Both her grandmothers went to the same art school, Glasgow School of Art but never knew each other. One studied fine arts and the other textile design, and her mother is a jewelry designer. Now living in a small coastal Connecticut town raising her kids, Leo 7, Isobel 6 and Kylie 1, she spends most of her "free" time painting and designing. Her work will be on display through Jan. 9.

Nancy S. Romberg, vice president of Fairfield County Bank and Tracy King, president of the Rowayton Library, were on hand when Ready drew with winning entry.

"We are so excited about winning the doll house. It is exquisite. I was, and am, a doll house fanatic. I spent endless hours playing with my doll house as a child and I look forward to Hope having the same fun with hers," Leslie Kelly said.

Arts Center posts winter classes

Registration for the eight-week winter session at the Rowayton Arts Center Art School has begun. Help broaden your children's artistic skills this winter. Students (ages 6-11) will focus on drawing, painting and sculptural techniques during a fun-filled class with Joanne Roy Askildsen on Wednesday afternoons. Teens (age 12-16) who want to further their skills can enroll in the new Thursday Teen class with Rebecca Stern. These sessions are designed with the serious art student in mind, helping him/her to attain necessary skills while developing methods of self-expression. Stern is a nationally-exhibited artist who earned her bachelor of fine arts from the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University and received her teaching certification from the Alternate Route to Certification (a program run by the Connecticut Department of Education). She has taught art in San Francisco and in the Darien Public Schools and currently is teaching at The Friends School in Wilton.

For information on all art education sessions and online registration, visit rowaytonartscenter.org or call 203-866-2744.

Quilt and rug raffle under way

On Tuesday, Jan. 22, at noon, the library with be holding this year's Annual Fund campaign drawing for a handmade quilt or a handmade rug. The quilt was donated to the liibrary for the Annual Fund by the Goodwives Quilters of Rowayton and the rug was donated by the Goodwives Hookers of Rowayton. This hanging quilt measures approximately 6 ft x 3 ft and is on display at the library. The rug measures approximately 3 ft x 1.5 ft and is on display as well. If you would like to be entered no donation is required -- the Annual Fund Campaign envelope mailed to Rowaytonites can be your entry form or entry forms are available at the library. The winning names (one for the quilt and one for the rug) will be drawn by the Goodwives Quilters. For information, call 203-838-5038. Light refreshments will be served.

6th Taxing District budget meetings

In preparation of the Sixth Taxing District's annual budget to be voted on at the annual meeting, March 6, 2013, the Commissioners have arranged for two budget meetings and they are scheduled as follows: Jan. 7 and Jan. 23. The meetings will be at 7:30 p.m. upstairs in the Rowayton Community Center. All meetings are open to the public. For information, contact Andrea Woodworth, District Clerk at 203-854-5066.

Sign up for World Book Night

World Book Night U.S. is an event dedicated to spreading the love of reading, person to person. You can volunteer to be a "book giver" on World Book Night U.S -- April 23, 2013 and it is free (and so are the books).

On World Book Night 2013, 25,000 "book givers" will each give away 20 copies of a specially-printed, not-for-resale WorldBookNight edition of a book they have read and loved (from this year's WBN list, selected by librarians and booksellers) to complete strangers -- people who may never have owned a book of their own. Book givers receive 20 free paperback copies of one World Book Night title.

Last year on April 23, Book Givers personally handed out a total of half a million books to light and non-readers in 5,800 towns and cities across the country. They became part of an international effort to celebrate reading on one special night by sharing their love of books within their communities. You can participate in WBN 2013 by applying to become a Book Giver. If you are interested in applying to be a Book Giver (the Rowayton Library will be the distribution site for the books), visit WBN.rowyaton.org. The deadline to apply is Jan. 23.

Events to note

The library is asking you to help fight hunger during this holiday season by donating a can of soup or two. Food collected during this campaign will be given to Person-to-Person. Other items to donate include peanut butter, jelly, oatmeal, dry cereal, juice in plastic bottles, juice boxes, Jell-O, coffee, boxed tea bags, canned meat, saltines, canned tuna, canned spaghetti and ravioli. The library will be collecting through Dec. 29.

Holiday gifts galore at the Rowayton Arts Center. New items are added weekly. The hours are Saturdays, from noon to 5 p.m.; Sundays and Tuesday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m.; and Monday, Dec. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

KnittingTime for adults at the library, every Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m.

StoryTime for kids at the library, every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 10:30 a.m.

The Rowayton Library will be closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (Dec. 24-25).

In the know around Rowayton? Please share Rowayton happenings with your community. Send them to Cynthia F. Johnson at Clamdigging@Rowayton.org. And now you can follow the goings-on in Rowayton on our blog at www.NorwalkCitizenOnline.com. Feel free to comment and start a Rowayton conversation.

All events at the Rowayton Library are free and open to the public (unless otherwise noted). For more information on Rowayton Library events, call 203-838-5038 or visit www.Rowayton.org.